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Why are the calories burned so high

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‎12-27-2018 11:02

‎12-27-2018 11:02

Ive done 6000 steps today and it says ive burned 1300 calories. My sister has the apple watch and she done 9000 steps yesterday and it says she only burned 500 calories

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‎12-27-2018 11:36

‎12-27-2018 11:36

Welcome to the forums!

 

The calories burned are BMR calories. Your fitbit also calculates calories burned for your BMR. You burn calories just by being alive! Even Sleeping. Fitbit includes these burned calories in it's calorie calculations, so even if you did not wear the fitbit, you'll still burn these calories.

Read this http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/How-does-Fitbit-know-how-many-calories-I-ve-burne...


See this thread as well @Colinm39

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Fitbit-com-Dashboard/How-do-you-find-your-BMR/m-p/2516869#M77958


To Learn more about BMR
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_metabolic_rate

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